THE CUBA REVIEW 



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El magnifico y heimof.o edificio destinado para la instalacion del Centro Gallego en la Habana 



Gallego Club's New Building 



The Centro Gallego purchased the Na- 

 tional Theatre in Havana and property 

 adjoining several years ago and have long 

 planned to erect a club building on the 

 site, devoting the south side to the interests 

 of the association, and the rest to the 

 theatre which will be thoroughly renovated. 



The foundations of the new building are 

 almost finished, and the final plans have 

 been approved. The society voted an appro- 

 priation for the work of $67.5,000, but all 

 bids opened on June 6, exceeded this sum 

 very materially. The matter goes over 

 therefore until the next meeting of the 

 club. 



The Cuban Telephone Co. 



Vice-President and General Manager W. 

 M. Talbott, of the Cuban Telephone Com- 

 pany, denied on June 18th in a letter to 

 President Gomez the stories circulating 

 around, namely, that the company had been 

 forced to stop the work of installing its 

 new phones because of financial difficulties. 

 Mr. Talbot said that the company is in an 

 excellent financial condition and not at law 

 with any of its bondholders, as stated in 

 the newspapers, and publishes cables from 

 the president, Mr. R. R. Conklin, and Sr. 

 J. M. Tarafa to the same effect. 



Construction work will begin simultane- 

 ously in Pinar del Rio, Havana, and San- 

 tiago de Cuba, thus furnishing needed em- 

 ployment to laborers in these localities. The 

 lines will connect in the new central auto- 

 matic station in Havana. 



The fourth appeal of Francisco Valdes 



Alfonso against the telephone decrees au- 

 thorizing the instalment of a long distance 

 and local telephone system by the Cuban 

 Telephone Company, was dismissed June 

 22d by the Supreme Court on the ground 

 that the appeal was not well brought. 



Ceferino Bosch wants to install an elec- 

 tric light plant in Zulneta, province of 

 Santa Clara, and has petitioned the Depart- 

 ment of Public Works for a concession. 



Main Exchange. Cuban Telephone Co., Aguila, 



Street Nos. 151-167, Havana. The station can 



accommodate 1,000 phones and 200 extensions. 



